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Don't believe the palace

Thailand's monarchy has never told the truth when royals face a health crisis. The latest lies about Princess Bajrakitiyabha are part of the same grim…

Jan 8 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

December 2022

Death of a dynasty

The inside story of the sudden and shocking health emergency faced by Princess Bajrakitiyabha, and what it means for the succession crisis facing the…

Dec 19, 2022 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

August 2022

Time up for Prayut?

Also in this edition: arch-enemies Palang Pracharat and Pheu Thai team up to scupper electoral rule changes favouring smaller parties

Aug 16, 2022 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

The story of the rise and fall, and rise again and fall again, of King Vajiralongkorn's "royal noble consort" Sineenat "Koi" Wongvajirabhakdi

Aug 1, 2022 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

July 2022

Wounded government survives no-confidence vote but limps towards electoral slaughter

The inside story of the shenanigans surrounding last week's debate in parliament, plus discussion of other interesting stories from the past seven days

Jul 28, 2022 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

June 2022

The true curse of the blue diamond

Thailand's relations with Saudi Arabia were blighted for three decades by a fabled missing gemstone that probably never even existed

Jun 25, 2022 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

January 2022

Bavarian rhapsody

The inside story of Vajiralongkorn's life in Germany, his unexpected 13 months in Thailand, and his return to Bavaria.

Jan 25, 2022 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

November 2021

Court ruling drags Thailand further back into absolute monarchy as king resumes his holiday in Germany

Also in this edition: Thailand's partial reopening to tourists won't fix its economic woes anytime soon, and Prayut is trying to use the global climate…

Nov 12, 2021 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

October 2021

The last days of Rama IX

Five years ago I was the first journalist in the world to report that King Bhumibol Adulyadej had died. Here's the uncensored story of the end of his…

Oct 19, 2021 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

Thailand tentatively reopening to tourists but recovery still far off

Also in this edition: The ruling generals are still divided; violence is escalating in nightly clashes at Din Daeng; and royalists are fretting about…

Oct 12, 2021 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

The story of the royalist massacre of students on October 6, 1976, which the Thai regime wants everyone to forget

Oct 6, 2021 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

Thailand's monarchy is getting relentlessly richer as ordinary people struggle to survive. Here are the facts about the vast wealth of King…

Oct 4, 2021 •

Andrew MacGregor Marshall

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